Heres a video summary of how to see whats behind a TinyURL without really clicking the link.

Last week I wrote
The trick is to add “+” to the end of the Bitly URL to see whats behind it without clicking on it. A couple of people emailed me to ask if the that worked with other URL shortening services.
TinyURLs..

Applications for EducationAs I wrote last week, constructing excellent digital citizenship and cyber safety skills is something that everybody must be helping our students do. Revealing them little ideas like this one to avoid clicking on suspicious links is among the methods that we can assist our trainees develop their digital citizenship and cyber security abilities.

The technique is to include a “+” to the end of any TinyURL address in order to arrive at a safe TinyURL page that reveals what the initial link was that got shortened. If you want to click through to the destination or not, you can then choose.
If you desire to attempt this with a TinyURL, tinyurl.com/emkns9a8 will lead you to the page for the Practical Ed Tech Virtual Summer Camp, but adding a “+” at the end of that TinyURL will take you to the page where you can see the initial link without clicking it.

Ive attempted the “+” trick with a lot of other URL shortening tools and TinyURL is the just one besides Bitly that Ive found it to deal with..
Whats the trick?

The trick is to add “+” to the end of the Bitly URL to see whats behind it without clicking on it. A few people emailed me to ask if the that worked with other URL reducing services. If you see it elsewhere, it has been utilized without authorization.

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